A Life in Music - Vintage Tommy Reilly
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A Life in Music - Vintage Tommy Reilly
Tommy Reilly (harmonica); Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Øivind Bergh (conductor)
[ Chandos / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 19 August 2019
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Born in Ontario in August 1919, Tommy Reilly studied violin from the age of eight, and began playing harmonica at the age of eleven. Though he had played in England in 1935 - 37 and continental Europe in 1937 - 39, it was not until his arrest (while studying violin at the Leipzig Conservatory) and subsequent internment 1939 - 45 in prisoner-of-war camps that he developed his virtuosity on the harmonica, basing his ideas of phrasing and interpretation on the playing of Jascha Heifetz. Returning to London in 1945, Reilly began parallel careers as a concert soloist and recitalist, a popular BBC radio and television performer, and a studio musician-composer. He performed with most of the major European orchestras and toured all over the world as a concert soloist. Inspiring the composition of more than thirty works by other composers, Reilly also transcribed a great deal of repertoire for the instrument, in addition to composing his own works. In 1967 he designed a concert harmonica, later manufactured by Hohner and marketed as the Silver Concerto Chromonica. In 1992, he became the first harmonica player to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. His other awards included the Gold Medal of the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband, and a Golden Badge from the British Association of Composers, Authors and Songwriters. Sir Neville Marriner and Igor Stravinsky were among those who admired his playing.
Tracks:
PABLO DE SARASATE
arr. Tommy Reilly
1. Zigeunerweisen *†
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
arr. James Moody
2. Sonata, L 338, KK 450 ‡
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
trans. Tommy Reilly
3. Gigue from Partita No.3, BWV 1006 ‡
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
4. Serenade ‡
DAVID REILLY / ROBERT FARNON
5. Age of Innocence ‡
MADELEINE DRING
6. Italian Dance ‡
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
7. Spanish Dance No.2 ‡
TOMMY REILLY / JAMES MOODY
8. Voice from the Past ‡
ALAN LANGFORD
9. Firebrand ‡
PETER DE ROSE
arr. Tommy Reilly/Frank Still
10. Deep Purple *†
BEDRICH SMETANA
arr. Tommy Reilly
11. Dance of the Comedians*†
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
arr. Tommy Reilly
12. Overture to 'Le nozze di Figaro' *†
NEWELL CHASE
13. Midnight in Mayfair †
RAFAEL HERNÁNDEZ
arr. Tommy Reilly
14. El Cumbanchero †
JACOB GADE
arr. Tommy Reilly
15. Jealousy †
SAM M LEWIS / JOE YOUNG / HARRY AKST
arr. Norman Warren
16. Dinah †
JACK BENTLEY / REGINALD OWEN
arr. George Martin
17. Bop! Goes the Weasel †
DONALD PHILLIPS
18. Firefly *†
COLE PORTER
arr. Tommy Reilly/orch. Norman Warren
19. Begin the Beguine *†
BOBBY YOUNG
20. Gin Ginger *†
TOMMY REILLY / BOBBY YOUNG
21. No Limit †
JAMES MOODY
22. Bulgarian Wedding Dance †
GRIGORAS DINICU / JASCHA HEIFETZ
23. Hora staccato *†
JIMMY LEACH
arr. Tommy Reilly/James Moody
24. 18th Century Rock *†
TRADITIONAL
arr. James Moody
25. Irish Medley *†
ERNESTO LECUONA
arr. Tommy Reilly
26. The Breeze and I *†
JEAN WIENER
27. Le Grisbi *†
TOMMY REILLY / MAURICE ARNOLD
28. The Red Flame *†
FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK CHOPIN
29. Waltz, Op.64 No.1 'Minute Waltz' *‡
TOMMY REILLY / JAMES MOODY
30. Golden Girl *‡
* Tracks previously unreleased
† Recorded in mono
‡ Recorded in stereo
